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Vegas 2 cents
by Harold Noriega 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

The Vegas gig was one of the best I have ever seen from the standpoint of Sting's enthusiasm and performance. You could see that he was truly having fun. I am sure that it was a result of this being that last gig of a long and very successful 2 year adventure that stared off the new Millennium. It was great to see again some of the Listers that I have met (Maggie, Bill and Patty) and finally meet some of you whom I have never met until now but have grown to know from the List. You are all very kind and gracious. It was my pleasure to finally meet all of you. I feel so fortunate to have seen the very first gig of the BND tour and the very last. My only wish is that Sting is still around performing when my 4 1/2 year old daughter is old enough for me to take her to one of his gigs. Thanks everyone. Merry Christmas and have a safe and Happy New Year! Ciao Harold

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Sting Does Dallas, The Sequel
by Steve Sayad 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

There he goes again! Sting's second consecutive appearance on Monday Night Football just took place during halftime of the Rams vs. Saints game. With the Tuscany concert in the backround, and EBYT being sung, ABC showed clips of plays from various games this season. At the end of this five-minue spot, Sting appeared saying, "There's some anxiety being a singer and coming out every night hoping you remember the lyrics to a song. But as a football player, there's probably more anxiety since you never know what your opponent has planned." Then, Al Michaels said, "That's Sting from his new album and DVD 'All This Time.'" The Genie is out of the bottle; he's now a football analyst!

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Vegas tidbits
by BBredice＠aol.com 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

I am enjoying all the Vegas reviews, and think they captured the night real well. However, I wanted to note that as far as I know, only Maggie, Harold and me were at the first (Oct 1999), middle (August 2000) and last (December 2001) Vegas shows. And am I the only one that went to all 5 Vegas shows on the tour? It's great to see how far the tour has come in those two plus years...from screwing up on Seven Days lyrics every night, to forgetting Roxanne. It was so cool to meet new fans and reconnect with the old. Nice having dinner at table #2 at MGM with Patty (she's mine), Greg, Bill (he's Maggie's), Maggie and Herb. Sounds like the conversation at table #1 might have been even more interesting with all the talk about quickies and hypnosis. Are Jeremy and Deb still in Vegas? Paul, what about that roller coaster ride...when are we gonna do it? Harold...Congratulations!!!!! Good to meet you Gerard, Andrea, Fred, James, Rocky and the others. Was also very fun sneaking into the soundcheck only to be kicked out before it even started by a security guy not interested in hearing our well-crafted lie. Like Maggie said, better to have tried and been kicked out than never tried at all. At least we met Gerard in the process. The concert was definitely the high point of the trip, along with meeting up with everyone. You know something is different when I go to Vegas and only gamble 2 hours during a 3 day period. That means a lot of good stuff was keeping me away from the tables. Managed to get 3 buffets in though! I definitely recommend seeing Sting in Vegas if it happens again. The tickets are always more, but it's so great! Bill

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Vegas Review
by Andrea Manassy 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

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Sorry -- looking for Toni Carbo
by Sweetmomb＠cs.com 17 Dec '01

17 Dec '01

Toni, I sent your tape out today. Please e-mail me -- I have your street address but now I lost your e-mail address! Holly

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frivolous thoughts
by The Steel Chick 17 Dec '01

17 Dec '01

Hi all, Caught "Sting in Tuscany" on A&E last night. It was cool and all, but it made me think of the growing consensus on this list that our man is *OVEREXPOSED*. When the fans start saying "enough"... And why does he now rush every lyric as if he can't wait to get to the end of the song? I think he needs a vacation. Anyhoo, last night I dreamt I saw the man himself in concert at an open-air festival. Afterward every last concertgoer disappeared in a matter of minutes, leaving me stranded in the muddy field with no way to get home. The solution, of course, was to ask Sting and Trudie for a ride. I tried to explain that I really was in desperate straits and not just another fan trying to cozy up to the star, but they still looked at me distastefully. They did give me a lift, though. jENNIFER "I don't matter, you don't matter Neither does this mindless clatter." -P.T. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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c'mon how about a vegas review !
by Michele Petri 17 Dec '01

17 Dec '01

Hello Everyone all I could find was that horrible review that i posted the other day : ( & 1 Great Review From Sophia On Sting.com I would think That since this was Stings Last Gig & so Many From The list Attended That We Would be flooded with reviews ??? sooooooooo............. Fred ? Andrea ? anyone , anyone ? _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

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Chris nominated (sort of Sting related)
by Andrea Manassy 17 Dec '01

17 Dec '01

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Who's up for a quickie?
by whitepio＠smbsd.k12.ca.us 17 Dec '01

17 Dec '01

Review, that is. I have about 15 minutes in which to write this Vegas review, so here goes. I'd love to write about pre- and post-show activities and all the great people who were there, but I just don't have the time. Suffice to say, it was wonderful to see some folks again, great to meet others for the first (and hopefully not last) time. If anyone won big $$, I want to hear about it. We missed you Dawn and Jen. I can't remember the order of the set list, but Sophia wrote a great review on Sting.com that includes the set list. So if that's your passion, check there. I thought it was interesting that the review Sting.com used was Sophia's and not the scathing review from the Las Vegas paper that was posted to the list. I know it's a FAN site, but you can't take the good without the bad..... Anyway, in brief: The Aladdin is a nice venue. New (with cup holders!) and clean. The sound from where I was sitting was excellent. Lots of people with cameras. There was no searches whatsoever. Security where I sat was good; pretty laid back. But I did hear that some of the people in the pit had overzealous security folks. The crowd was decidedly older, and I saw many, many men wearing suits and women in dresses. But I'd say the lower third of the folks in the venue were on their feet for most of the faster songs. Hardly anyone in the higher-up seats or the balcony was standing. ("I paid for this seat, and damn it, I'm going to sit in it!") I heard about half of the Rufus Wainwright (sp!) opening set. He was OK (I've heard worse, believe me), but nothing to write home about. I'm sure he's very talented. That just wasn't the venue for him. He was funny and kind of charming, which really has nothing to do with his music. I certainly don't understand the gush-o-rama that the Vegas newspaper review contained. I got my seat through the Aladdin box office and couldn't have been happier unless I was front row center. I had a great view and could dance in the isle. I think I was actually closer than some of the pit seats. The women behind me were great about not caring if I stood up (which is highly unusual). Sitting next to me was Vh1 star and resident belly dancer Angie, and her significant other, Greg. Angie had her sign ready ("Sting, I want to belly dance for you") and was prepared to bring Desert Rose to life. (This despite being in a SEVEN CAR ACCIDENT just a day or two before!). Sting forgot to play Roxanne and had to add it in the encore. The reason he forgot???? I think it's because he had seen Angie's sign, was thinking ahead to DR and just jumped over Roxanne in the set list. Way to be a distraction, Angie! Angie got to dance, and did a fine job. Sting talked with her for a few moments before the song. He knew she'd danced with him several times and asked about the last time, which made for a funny joke about Boston being in Maine (see Sophia's review). He also asked where her husband was, and why he let her come to Vegas by herself. (Gee Angie, now the whole world (or at least 7,000 people), knows!) He danced close with her a couple of times. At the end of the song he kissed her hand and spoke to her. Angie, I forgot to ask you what he said.... Sting was very talkative. He mentioned that this was the last show of the tour (do any of us really believe that!?!). I found it interesting that he considered these last few shows a continuing part of the BND tour. I kinda thought of them as the beginning of the All This Time tour. But I guess he's been on the road so long, it all blends together. He talked about Osama bin Laden in four letter words. It's clear that Sept. 11 and all that followed affected him deeply. He made the bin Laden comments right before launching into Englishman. Lots of people cheered when he started. He also joked a lot with Kipper when Kipper's keyboard decided to die for a couple of songs. He told Kipper he was fired, and one of them, either Sting or Kipper said something about it being a "free" gig. At which point several people in the audience laughed. Free, huh? He teased Dom about cutting his hair. Dom seemed like he was in a good mood. He played right in front of me several times. One of the security guards right by Dom was playing "air guitar" the whole time, and Dom seemed to enjoy that and played to him a lot, too. Janice was the only official backup singer (Kipper helped out on a couple of songs from the backup platform). Katreese was not there. The guys who made up the horn section (trumpet and trombone) were having a great time, creating little dance moves and smiling broadly into the crowd. I miss Chris, though. And whereas he always wore a suit or a nice pair of pants and a dress shirt, these new guys were in jeans and T-shirts. Sting wore the same shirt as on the Tonight Show (black stripes and kinda sheer). I couldn't tell about the pants. I could see lots of people in the wings of the stage. Ian was supposed to attend the show but was unable to fly his own plane in because of the weather. (Who knew Vegas could be freezing cold???). It also snowed in the outer areas and had fog. Ian said that right after the show Sting and band flew back to L.A.. Some of them (not sure who) partied a bit at Ian's club. All This Time was as great and danceable as I expected. Seven Days went off (unexpectedly) without a hitch. I think Hounds didn't have the "punch" of the Tuscany version. The "down, down" part wasn't as strong as the CD, and I love that portion. I loved, loved, loved hearing a few lines of Bed's Too Big in the middle of Roxanne. Message was a nice surprise, too. People knew right away to sing along to the Roxanne-os and to Message. That didn't happen at every show I went to (Sacramento, you suck). I would have liked to hear Don't Stand morph into When We Dance, but morphing into Fields of Gold, was OK. What I'd really like to hear is the fast Police version of Don't Stand. Every Little Thing always makes up for any tiny disappointments for me, however. Brand New Day teeters on the edge of country, but I still like it. Not a lot of the audience stood during BND, though. OK, don't kill me, but (though I love it) I'm a bit tired of the BOTN/When the World medley. How many tours has this been?!? How about a One World/Love Is the Seventh Wave medley?? (1986 anyone?). Sting sounded great. (I wasn't totally thrilled with his voice on the Tonight show, so I was a little concerned that 4 performances in 3 days would take their toll). Despite what had to be a grueling three days, he seemed up and chipper. He pulled a female security guard to the stage and danced with her, too. At the end, security pretty much let people in the pit and from the sides move to the stage (which is mid-thigh height, very low). I was able to stand in front on Dom's side for the second encore. Everyone was very nice and there was no pushing and shoving that I could see. Several folks I know (and myself) got handshakes from Sting and others in the band. A woman handed him a rose and he took it. I wish, as the last show of an incredibly long tour, we would have gotten a little something "extra" or a little different set list. You know, a few oldies but goodies like Consider Me Gone....or Ghost Story (lovely for us, but the "beer and bathroom" song for everyone else).... or a special guest or two (you know, a couple of guys named Stew and Andy) or at least Robert Downey Jr. who seems to pop up occasionally. But, it was still a solid show and a joy to be a part of. Anyway, must run. Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good night. Maggie

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Silver Lake Review
by Steve Roberts 17 Dec '01

17 Dec '01

Little late writing this... it was a wonderful couple days attending this followed by meeting many of the list members in Vegas Friday night. What a way to end a 2+ year tour! My wife and I attended the Silver Lining event Thursday night. We were bused from the Kaiser parking lot on Sunset to the estate at around 6pm. Once we arrived there was an open bar, buffet, clothing for sale and an art auction. We did spot Elton walking into the house but once I realized who it was it was too late. We had bought the $500 tickets which included admission to a PIT area in front of the stage. The seats were being sold as reserved however when we got there it was GA seating with some pillows to sit on toward the front or some folding chairs at the back area of the PIT. For those who bought the 250 TM tickets I would say they could see very little unless they were at the very front of the area behind the PIT. The seats for 1000 and 1500 were on a raised platform to the left and right of the stage (Sting's wife Trudie was sitting in one of those areas... and possibly Sting before he performed) - those seats included a full course dinner (and in my opinion a very limited view - unless you were on the front rail). This setting was very nice (though cold) with trees as a backdrop to the stage... and absolutely none of the security you see at normal concerts (i.e., security between you and the stage). Plus the stage was only about 1-2ft from the ground. We took our spot behind two other ladies in the center stage. Before the show members of Sting's band were hanging around the backyard area next to the mansion/house. After Elton played (for about 1hr) I went back to the same area and there was Sting hanging around with many people taking pictures (though they had said cameras weren't allowed). I got a handshake and a few words. A few minutes later Sting took the stage. It was a very incredible show with Sting sitting on a stool wearing his black/gray turtleneck sweater for most of the show. He took it off and rolled up one of his sleves half-way through. Anyway the set-list is something like that below... After Sting played we left (around 11pm). Sting, Trudie and David Spade left together right before us. On the way out I asked Sting to shake my wife's hand - which he did. Some other lady also handed him a cell phone and asked him to talk to her friend... I was suprised to see him do that... he talked for about 1-2 minutes. One final note ... I was very surprised to see Sting and Elton take the stage before the other acts... as the reviews have said there must have only been a handful of people left. Until Dont Stand So Close to Me All This Time Every Little Thing She Does is Magic Moon Over Bourban Street Fields of Gold Roxxanne (Beds to Big...) Englishman in NY Every Breath You Take (with Robert Downey) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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